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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 364 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Ask “what does it do?”): Find who the sentence is about (the subject). Ask: what does (or did) the subject do? The word that answers is the verb. Names and things are nouns; describing words are adjectives.

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  1. 1.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Ishaan (d) mango
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) letter (c) Isha (d) writes
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) Aarav (d) short
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) book (d) Rohan
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) funny (d) Tara
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) wrote (c) long (d) letter
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Sneha (c) colourful (d) drew
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) song (d) Arjun
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) big (d) Ananya
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) tall
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Nisha (c) drew (d) big
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) big (d) Zoya
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) Farhan (c) bought (d) toy
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) drew (d) Rahul
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) Yash (d) ball
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Aisha (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) new
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) red
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Priya
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) kicked (c) red (d) ball
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) colourful (c) picture (d) Pooja
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash opens a big box every day.” (a) Yash (b) box (c) big (d) opens
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Neel (c) box (d) opened

Answer key

  1. flies
  2. ate
  3. paints
  4. writes
  5. writes
  6. wrote
  7. kicks
  8. kicks
  9. read
  10. kicks
  11. reads
  12. wrote
  13. kicks
  14. rides
  15. eats
  16. paints
  17. drew
  18. sang
  19. buys
  20. carries
  21. opened
  22. reads
  23. paints
  24. sings
  25. paints
  26. drew
  27. draws
  28. bought
  29. drew
  30. eats
  31. kicked
  32. wrote
  33. rides
  34. flies
  35. buys
  36. wrote
  37. kicked
  38. draws
  39. opens
  40. opened

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